Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - forage
Forage
forage
n. & v. --n. 1 food for horses and cattle. 2 the act or an instance of searching for food. --v. 1 intr. go searching; rummage (esp. for food). 2 tr. collect food from; ravage. 3 tr. a get by foraging. b supply with food. Phrases and idioms forage cap an infantry undress cap. Derivatives forager n. Etymology: ME f. OF fourrage, fourrager, rel. to FODDER FORAMEN n. (pl. foramina) Anat. an opening, hole, or passage, esp. in a bone. Derivatives foraminate adj. Etymology: L foramen -minis f. forare bore a hole
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I. noun see: food Date: 14th century food for animals especially when taken by browsing or grazing, the act of foraging ; search for provisions, II. verb (~d; foraging) Date: 15th century transitive verb to strip of provisions ; collect ~ from, to secure by foraging , intransitive verb to wander in search of ~ or food, to secure ~ (as for horses) by stripping the country, ravage, raid, to make a search ; rummage, ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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